CVE-1999-0997

wu-ftp - Command Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

wu-ftp with FTP conversion enabled allows an attacker to execute commands via a malformed file name that is interpreted as an argument to the program that does the conversion, e.g. tar or uncompress.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by suid · textremoteunix
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20563

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-377

Scores

EPSS 0.0382
EPSS Percentile 88.2%

Details

Status published
Products (7)
millenux_gmbh/anonftp 2.8.1
redhat/linux 5.2
redhat/linux 6.0
redhat/linux 6.1
university_of_washington/wu-ftpd 2.4.2
university_of_washington/wu-ftpd 2.5.0
university_of_washington/wu-ftpd 2.6.0
Published Dec 20, 1999
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026